Besides the shoreline fit of continents, what other evidence did Alfred Wegener use to support his theory of continental drift?
A) The measured speed of the moving continents.
B) Similar seawater compositions on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
C) Ice core samples indicating similar CO 2 measurements at both poles.
D) The alignment of mountain ranges, fossils, and coal between separated continents.
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